(A) few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms
(B) few people are known to have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared
(C) there are few known people who have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared
(D) after the clinical symptoms appear, there are few known people who have recovered from the disease
(E) recovery from the disease is known for only a few people after the clinical symptoms appear
Solution:
Idioms + Modifiers
In A “people are known to recover” is not idiomatic.
"SUBJECT is known TO HAVE RECOVERED" is idiomatic not "SUBJECT is known TO RECOVER."
In C, adjective "known" is modifying "people". It seems few known (or famous) people have recovered.
In D, error same as C is present.
In E, "Known for only a few people" is awkward. It's not that the “recovery” isn't “known”, but that few people are known to have recovered.
B is the best choice.
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